For the last three years, adidas Originals have teamed up with Manchester United for limited-edition releases which celebrate significant moments in the club’s history. Following on from the ‘Ashington’, ‘Stretford’ and ‘Ninety Two’, next in line is the ‘Newton Heath’, which commemorates 140 years since the club’s inception. Only available from a limited number of Manchester retailers, the dedicated community of local adidas collectors always come out in force.

Weatherwise, it seems to have become a yearly tradition with these releases whereby it decides to absolutely bucket it down overnight, or temperatures drop to 0! There were definitely some considered choices of footwear on show given that it had barely stopped raining overnight. A few of our previous leather Gazelle GTX ‘City pack’ and Kopenhagen exclusives made an appearance, alongside several recent Spezial releases, Harvard, Topanga and an impressive pair of Crooked Tongues London.

Thanks to all of you that came out to size? Manchester and braved the conditions in order to secure a pair, let’s see what next year brings…